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COMBINED TAG AND BNVELOPB.

(No Model.)v

UNTTED STATES .PATENT OFFTCE.

HENRY M. OROUSE, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

COMBINED TAG AND ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,841, dated February23 1886.

I Application field September 9, 1885. Serial No. 176,610. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that l, HENRY M. ORoUsE, of the city of Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga and State of New York, a citizen of the UnitedStates, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedTag and Envelope, of which'the following is a specitication giving afull, clear, and exact descrip tion thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in wl1ich Figure l is a plan View of the blankfrom which the combined tag and envelope is constructed, the dottedlines indicating the folds; Fig. 2, a front View of same complete; Fig.3, a back View of same complete; Fig. 4, a longitudinal vertical sectionon line a: m in Fig. 3.

My invention consists of a shipping-tag and envelope combined,constructed of a single piece of paper folded to form an open-endedenvelope, and closed tightly at all points but one end, which open endis not provided with any flap to close it, but is partially closed bytying a cord in and through holes adjacent to the open end, the cordpassing through these holes and tying down over the edges of this openend, the same cord being also capable of use to secure the tag to thepackage.

It is constructed as follows: I cut a piece of paper into the form shownin Fig. 1, and in which A represents that part of the blank whichconstitutes the front face of the article; B, the Hap to close one end;a b c, the foldinglines, and C D the side pieces of the blank, whichwhen folded over constitute the back.

To create the envelope I fold the part C over inwardly upon the line a,the part D over inwardly upon the line b, and the flap B over onto them,upon the line c, and secure them together by an eyelet, d, near thebottom, or by any ordinary means.

I make theparts C D wide enough so that when folded over their edgeswill overlap a little for fastening. I also insert an eyelet, d', in theend of the front A, near the center and adjacent to the edge, and aneyelet, d", in the back adjacent to its edge, and through the overlap,as shown in the drawings, and both of these eyelets coincide with eachother.

E is the cord, which in my device performs a double function, viz: itfirst passes through the eyelets d d2, and lwhen tied down closes theopen end of the envelope sufficiently to prevent loss of its contents;and, second, I secure the tag to the package by the free ends of thecord, beyond the knot.

S represents a bill or invoice folded and inclosed within the tag.

After the invoice isinserted, I pass the cord through the eyelets d dland tie it across the open end of the envelope, and tie it tightly, andthus partially close that end, enough so that the invoice cannot slipout or be lost, and then secure the tag to the package by the free endsof the cord.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A combined tag and envelope constructed with an open mouth without anycover-ap, provided with coincident `eyelets adjacent thereto, throughwhich the cord E is tied to close the mouth, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of August,1885.

HENRY M. OROUSE.

In presence of C. W. SMITH, S. D. GILsoN.

